Bridgewater Associates LP Has $131.53 Million Stake in iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB)

Bridgewater Associates LP grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB) by 1.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,434,700 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,500 shares during the quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP owned about 0.36% of iShares MBS ETF worth $131,533,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in MBB. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 49.2% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 51,720,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,741,789,000 after acquiring an additional 17,056,138 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,770,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,637,664,000 after purchasing an additional 1,336,608 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 13.9% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,858,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,003,943,000 after purchasing an additional 2,668,319 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 19,701,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,806,274,000 after buying an additional 1,436,342 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in iShares MBS ETF by 9,869.1% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,498,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $504,100,000 after buying an additional 5,443,314 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.70% of the company’s stock.

iShares MBS ETF Stock Performance

MBB stock opened at $92.57 on Tuesday. iShares MBS ETF has a twelve month low of $89.16 and a twelve month high of $96.76. The business has a fifty day moving average of $93.01 and a 200-day moving average of $92.81.

iShares MBS ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.3309 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 1st. This is an increase from iShares MBS ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32.

About iShares MBS ETF

iShares MBS ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage (GNMA).